The Montreal Canadiens conceded four goals in seven minutes and lost 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre on Saturday night.
The Habs’ disastrous streak began in the opening moments of the second period. Max Domi scored the first goal, deflecting a point shot behind Samuel Montembeault’s back.
Less than 20 seconds later, Auston Matthews scored his 64th goal and collected his 100th point of the season.
Matthew Knies and Bobby McMann then extended the visitors’ lead. The second-round success ended Montembeault’s match. The Quebec goalkeeper was replaced in front of the net by Cayden Primeau after allowing four goals on 12 shots.
Before the middle period was over, Nick Suzuki gave the fans a reason to celebrate. The captain of the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge took advantage of a numerical advantage and an excellent lay-up by Juraj Slafkovsky to score his 33rd goale in 2023-2024. This is also his 20the goal since the beginning of February, which puts him third in the NHL in that regard.
Cole Caufield also played his part in this crazy second period. The sharpshooter brilliantly finished off a play by Mike Matheson. It was his third goal in as many games.
The Canadian will be back in action this Sunday when he faces the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
SUMMARY
3. PERIOD
17:51 – CH removes its goalkeeper to play with six field players
9:01 – Joel Armia goes to the dungeon to hook
7:05 – Good luck counting from Tanner Pearson (MTL) and his breaststroke teammate
0:00 – Start of the third period
2. PERIOD
20:00 – End of the second hour of play
18:32 – GOAL – Cole Caufield (MTL) scores in the third game in a row
Caufield scores in third consecutive game –
9:06 – GOAL – Nick Suzuki (MTL) answers and opens the Habs counter
Suzuki scores after a nice pass from Slafkovsky –
7:54 – TOR – Bobby McMann (TOR) adds more and it’s the end for Samuel Montembeault (MTL), who was replaced in net by Cayden Primeau (MTL).
The Leafs’ 4th goal takes Montembeault out of the game –
7:25: Michael Pezzetta (MTL) and Ryan Reaves (TOR) drop their gloves, advantage for the Maple Leafs representative
Pezzetta honestly manages to beat Reaves –
7:20 – GOAL – Matthew Knies (GOAL) scores the third goal for the Leafs
The young Knies brings the score to 3:0 –
2:38 – TOR – Auston Matthews (TOR) plays luck and doubles the Leafs’ lead
Matthews scores his 64th goal of the season –
2:21 – TOR – Max Domi (TOR) scores against his former team
Domi opens the mark; Matthews’ 100th point –
0:00 – Start of the second period
1D PERIOD
8:00 p.m. – End of the first hour
13:29 – Nick Suzuki (MTL) hits the post
12:45 – Ryan Reaves (TOR) pushes a rival against Samuel Montembeault (MTL), but more fear than damage for the CH goalkeeper
2:40 – Good scoring opportunity from Cole Caufield (MTL), but Ilya Samsonov (TOR) has the last laugh
0:00 – Start of the first period
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